Charges laid in 2008 Agassiz murderBack to video

On Friday, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team arrested a suspect who has now been charged with second degree murder and committing an indignity to human remains.

Richard MacInnes, 45, of Rosedale, appeared before a judge in Chilliwack Monday and was remanded in custody until his next appearance March 14. He has a conviction for production of a controlled substance and is known to have links in the upper Fraser Valley drug trade.

Scullion, 30, was last seen April 10, 2008 outside the Harrison Crossroads Inn, in the at the 5900-block of the Lougheed Highway in Agassiz.

When he failed to show up for work or pick up his young daughter that same day, Scullion’s family reported him missing.

IHIT’s cold case team took conduct of the file in March 2012 and collected enough evidence to get a charge approved against MacInnes.

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“In this circumstance, our cold case investigators were able to obtain sufficient evidence to support that Michael Scullion was no longer alive and there was no other reasonable explanation for him being missing other than him being the victim of a homicide,” IHIT media officer Sgt. Adam MacIntosh said.

Police believe Scullion got into an altercation with MacInnes outside the pub. Scullion’s father said “I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of my family to say thank-you to the many people who have shown their love, support and understanding to help us deal with this horrible situation.” ” We would also like to give a special thank-you to the RCMP and IHIT for never giving up. We are very grateful, thank-you,” he said.

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